Board President Anthony Fontana said the threats – which were reported to local police and the FBI — have come from as far away as South America, Australia and England, as well as other US states.

Rene Rost Middle School teacher Deyshia Hargrave was arrested by a city marshal Monday in Abbeville after she was asked to leave the meeting because of her questions about Superintendent Jerome Puyau’s new contract.

“I have reviewed the video and I am not going to approve any charges against the teacher,” Funderburk told the station. “I talked with the attorney for the school board, and they do not wish to pursue any charges against the teacher.”

Puyau defended his raise, telling CBS News: “It was time that we brought to the board a salary that’s commensurate with what superintendents are making.”

He has been making about $110,000 a year since 2012, according to two board members. With the new contract approved Monday, he could earn $38,000 more. In 2016, the average Louisiana teacher’s salary was about $49,000.

He said his new salary would put him at No. 32 out of 69 schools superintendents in Louisiana.

Deyshia HargraveAbbeville City Jail

Before being roughed up, Hargrave told the board she disagreed with its decision to give him a raise, saying teachers and other employees have not received raises in several years.

Fontana said he stood “100 percent” behind the marshal who slapped the cuffs on the teacher.

“His job is to make sure we have an orderly meeting,” Fontana told USA Today.“He knows what the law is. He knows what our policy is. … The officer did exactly what he is supposed to do.”

But the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana condemned Hargrave’s arrest.

“Deyshia Hargrave’s expulsion from a public meeting and subsequent arrest are unacceptable and raise serious constitutional concerns,” the ACLU said in a statement.

“The Constitution prohibits the government from punishing or retaliating against people for expressing their views, and the fact that a schoolteacher was arrested at a public meeting of the school board is especially troubling.”

Meanwhile, two board members who have been at odds with Fontana over Puyau’s contract told The Associated Press that they think Hargrave’s treatment was related to the fact she’s female.

Women have been told to leave meetings several times, while men who speak out have not been removed, board member Laura LeBeouf told The AP.

“When she realized she had to get out, she picked up her purse and walked out,” LeBeouf said. “Women in this parish are not getting the same treatment.”

Board member Sara Duplechain expressed similar sentiments.

“No reason for anyone to be treated this way. So far in three years, only women have been removed from board room meetings,” Duplechain said.

Fontana disagreed, saying he could recall two other times when a person was removed from a board meeting – one of whom was the husband of a board member.

“This is not a women’s issue,” he said.

Fontana said Hargrave was not following the rules of board meeting procedure.

“If a teacher has the authority to send a student, who is acting up and she can’t control, out of the classroom to the principal’s office, under our policy we have the same rules,” he told KATC.

“We have certain rules: three minute speech, it has to be civilized, it can’t get off target, it has to be related to the issue before the board. That’s not what was happening last night.”